Sugar-container.



R. G. MORRIS.

SUGAR CONTAINER.

APPLIGA'TION FILED MAY 17, 1913.

1,082,893, Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

w-hmo ROBERT C. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUGAR-CONTAINER.

Specification 0t Letters Patent. Application filed May 17, 1913.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.. Serial No. 768,213.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sugar- Cont-ainers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in containers and servers for sugar lumps or the like, and the main object of the invention is to provide a container and server suitable for holding lumps of sugar on the table, which is not only simple, easy of manufacture, and ornamental, but which is also espeoially sanitary in that it is easily maintained shown in Fig. 1,

closed so that flies and insects can not obtain access to the contents thereof, and at the same time the lumps are easily extracted therefrom one at a time and deposited where desired, without the use of tongs, or any handling thereof whatsoever, and in such a manner that the remaining lumps are not likely to become soiled or infected.

Further objects, features and advantages will more clearly appear from the detailed description given below taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device, and Fig. 2 a cross section thereof taken on the line A-'A of Fig. 1. 7

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an elongated body portion adapted to hold a single row of sugar lumps 2. At one side and adjacent one end of the container and server it has an opening through which the lumps are adapted to pass. Opposite said opening the bottom of the container is inclined downwardly as at 3, and from the lower side of this downwardly extending bottom portion there extends a lip 4 to which is hinged a door 5 by means of hinges 6. A spring 7 acts to normally force the door open and the door is provided with side flanges 8 whereb when the door is open as the door forms a guide chute or tray along which the lumps are adapted to pass as the device is tipped. The inclined bottom 3 acts to cause the first lump to slide down into the chute from which it is easily deposited into a cup, or wherever desired. The opening is only large enough to permit one lump to be extracted and down onto the door parts secured to the .under side of which is secured latch 11 by means junlock the door a push the cup orother place prising an elongated ing and then the device is given a slight sidewise turn, when the second lump will slide from which it may be deposited wherever desired.

Stops 9, formed integral with the hinge door, by abutting against the lower side of the lip 4, limit the opening of the door to the position shown in Fig.

l. The top of the body portion opposite the lip 4 is provided with a lip 10, to the a spring of rivet 12, which latch is adapted to engage a slot 13 in the outer side flange 8 of the cover 5, to lock the door in its closed position, as shown in Fig. 2. To button 14 extending through the lip 10 is pushed downwardly to force the latch 11 downwardly and thereby release the latch 11 from the slot 13,

whereupon the door 5 will fly open under the action of the spring 7. After the amount of sugar deslred is extracted the door is closed, the latch 11 sliding into the slot 13 to lock the door so that the container is closed to prevent insects, dirt, etc., from obtalning access to the contents.

It will be noted that sugar is ejected by a slight tipping of the device, and is served and delivered directly from the device to without the use of tongs, or any handling, so that no opportunity is given for the sugar to become contaminated in any way and the device is adapted to be operated by hand to open the door, to cause the lumps to pass onto the open door as a tray and to deposit the lumps from the door where desired, all while the device is carried by the hand.

The device may be made of any suitable material, but it becomes quite ornamental when made of silver or silver plated metal.

Many changes and modifications may well be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention in its broader aspects, and the invention is therefore not limited to the particular arrangement or details shown and described.

Having fully and clearly described the invention what-is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

l. A server for sugar and the like combody portion having an exit near one end for the lumps and a door adapted to close said exit, said door acting as a guide chute or tray from which the lumps may be easily deposited where desired, and the device being adapted to be operated by hand to open the door, to cause the lumps to pass onto the open door as a tray and to deposit the lumps from the door where desired, all while the device is carried by the hand.

2. A server for sugar and the like comprising an elongated body portion having an exit at one side adjacent one end thereof for the lumps and a door adapted to close said exit, said door acting as a guide chute or tray from which the lumps may be easily singly deposited where desired and the device adapted to be operated by hand to open the door, to cause the lumps to pass onto the open door as a tray and to deposit the lumps from the door where desired, all while the device is carried by hand.

3. A server for sugar and the like comprising a body portion having an exit near one end for the lumps and a door adapted to close saidexit, said door acting as a guide chute or tray from which the lumps may be easily singly deposited where desired, the bottom of the server beneath the end lump adjacent the door being inclined downwardly to the door, at an angle to the bottom of the body portion, and the device being adapted'to be operated by hand to open the door, to cause the lump to pass onto the open door as a tray and to deposit the lumps from the door where desired, all while the device is being carried by the hand.

i. A container and server for sugar lumps and the like, comprising an elongated body portion adapted to hold a single row of sugar lumps or the like, having an opening at one side adjacent one end thereof, through which the lumps are adapted to pass, a hinged door for closing said opening, means for locking said door, and a spring tending to open said door, said door being provided with flanged sides whereby the door when open is adapted to form a guide chute along which the lumps are adapted to pass, and the bottom of the container opposite said door being inclined downwardly to said chute at an angle to the bottom of the body of the container.

5. A container and server for sugar lumps and the like, comprising a body portion adapted to hold sugar lumps or the like, having an opening at one side adjacent one end thereof through which the lumps are adapted to pass, and a hinged door for closing said opening, said door forming a guide chute along which the lumps are adapted to pass.

6. A container and server for sugar lumps and the like, comprising an elongated body portion adapted to hold a single row of sugar lumps or the like, having an opening at one side adjacent one end thereof, through which the lumps are adapted to pass, a hinged door for closing said opening, means for locking said door, and a spring tending to open said door.

7. A container and server for sugar lumps and the like, comprising a body portion adapted to hold sugar lumps or the like, having an opening at one side adjacent one end thereof, through which the lumps are adapted to pass, and a hinged door for closing said opening, said door being provided with flanged sides whereby the door when open is adapted to form a guide chute along which the lumps are adapted to pass, and the bottom of the container opposite said door being inclined downwardly to said chute at an angle to the bottom of the body of the container.

8. A container for sugar lumps and the like, comprising an elongated body portion adapted to hold a single row of sugar lumps orthe like, having an opening at one side adjacent one end thereof, through which the lumps are adapted to pass, and a hinged door for closing said o-pening,.said door being provided with flanged sides whereby the door when open is adapted to form a guide chute along which the lumps are adapted to pass, and the bottom of the container opposite said door being inclined downwardly to said chute at an angle to the bottom of the body of the container.

..9. A container and server for sugar lumps and the like, comprising an elongated body portion adapted to hold a row of sugar lumps or the like, having an opening at one side adjacent one end thereof, through which the lumps are adapted to pass, a hinged door for closing said opening, means for locking said door, and a spring tending to open said door, said door forming a guide chute along which the lumps are adapted to pass, and the bottom of the container'opposite said door being inclined downwardly to said chute at an angle to the bottom of the body of the container.

. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT C. MORRIS.

Witnesses EDWIN Snonn, GORHAM CROSBY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Fatents,

. Washington, D. G. 

